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Seventeen of Brown's singles, including five credited as "James Brown and the Famous Flames", hit number-one on the R&B chart. He recorded several more hits pseudonymously, notably " (Do the) Mashed Potatoes " and " Doing It to Death ".
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Dec 25, 2006 · The best showman and one of the most influential singers of the 20th century, who transformed R&B into funk with his tight, driving style. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1950s - 2000s.
JAMES BROWN songs and albums, peak chart positions, career stats, week-by-week chart runs and latest news.
- Prisoner of Love. 5 1963 Rock. 1963.
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1) 9 1965 R&B. 1965.
- Cold Sweat. 9 1967 Rock. 1967.
- Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) (Part 1) 14 1969 R&B. 1969.
Brown had 17 singles that hit number one on the Billboard R&B charts. He also holds the record for the most singles that did not reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Brown was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame as a musician in 2013 and subsequently as a songwriter in 2017.
He acknowledged eleven of them, including five sons—Teddy (1954–1973), Terry, Larry, Micheal Brown and James Joseph Brown Jr.—and six daughters: LaRhonda Petitt, Dr. Yamma Noyola Brown Lumar, Deanna Brown Thomas, Cinnamon Brown, Jeanette Bellinger and Venisha Brown (1964–2018). [122]
In 1955 The Famous Flames record "Please Please Please" at the studio of WIBB in Macon, Georgia. In 1958 James Brown's first #1 hit, "Try Me", is released. It was the best-selling R&B single of 1958, and the first of 17 chart-topping R&B singles by Brown over the next two decades.
